fs/anon_inodes.c

   1 /*
   2  *  fs/anon_inodes.c
   3  *
   4  *  Copyright (C) 2007  Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
   5  *
   6  *  Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for code review and suggestions.
   7  *  More changes for Thomas Gleixner suggestions.
   8  *
   9  */
  10
  11 #include <linux/file.h>
  12 #include <linux/poll.h>
  13 #include <linux/slab.h>
  14 #include <linux/init.h>
  15 #include <linux/fs.h>
  16 #include <linux/mount.h>
  17 #include <linux/module.h>
  18 #include <linux/kernel.h>
  19 #include <linux/magic.h>
  20 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
  21
  22 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
  23
  24 static struct vfsmount *anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly;
  25 static struct inode *anon_inode_inode;
  26 static const struct file_operations anon_inode_fops;
  27
  28 static int anon_inodefs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
  29                                const char *dev_name, void *data,
  30                                struct vfsmount *mnt)
  31 {
  32         return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "anon_inode:", NULL, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC,
  33                              mnt);
  34 }
  35
  36 static int anon_inodefs_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
  37 {
  38         /*
  39          * We faked vfs to believe the dentry was hashed when we created it.
  40          * Now we restore the flag so that dput() will work correctly.
  41          */
  42         dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
  43         return 1;
  44 }
  45
  46 static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
  47         .name           = "anon_inodefs",
  48         .get_sb         = anon_inodefs_get_sb,
  49         .kill_sb        = kill_anon_super,
  50 };
  51 static struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
  52         .d_delete       = anon_inodefs_delete_dentry,
  53 };
  54
  55 /**
  56  * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to and
  57  *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
  58  *                    of the file
  59  *
  60  * @pfd:     [out]   pointer to the file descriptor
  61  * @dpinode: [out]   pointer to the inode
  62  * @pfile:   [out]   pointer to the file struct
  63  * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
  64  * @fops     [in]    file operations for the new file
  65  * @priv     [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
  66  *
  67  * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
  68  * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
  69  * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode, by
  70  * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
  71  * setup.
  72  */
  73 int anon_inode_getfd(int *pfd, struct inode **pinode, struct file **pfile,
  74                      const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
  75                      void *priv)
  76 {
  77         struct qstr this;
  78         struct dentry *dentry;
  79         struct inode *inode;
  80         struct file *file;
  81         int error, fd;
  82
  83         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
  84                 return -ENODEV;
  85         file = get_empty_filp();
  86         if (!file)
  87                 return -ENFILE;
  88
  89         inode = igrab(anon_inode_inode);
  90         if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
  91                 error = PTR_ERR(inode);
  92                 goto err_put_filp;
  93         }
  94
  95         error = get_unused_fd();
  96         if (error < 0)
  97                 goto err_iput;
  98         fd = error;
  99
 100         /*
 101          * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
 102          * using the inode sequence number.
 103          */
 104         error = -ENOMEM;
 105         this.name = name;
 106         this.len = strlen(name);
 107         this.hash = 0;
 108         dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
 109         if (!dentry)
 110                 goto err_put_unused_fd;
 111         dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
 112         /* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
 113         dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 114         d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 115
 116         file->f_path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
 117         file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
 118         file->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 119
 120         file->f_pos = 0;
 121         file->f_flags = O_RDWR;
 122         file->f_op = fops;
 123         file->f_mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE;
 124         file->f_version = 0;
 125         file->private_data = priv;
 126
 127         fd_install(fd, file);
 128
 129         *pfd = fd;
 130         *pinode = inode;
 131         *pfile = file;
 132         return 0;
 133
 134 err_put_unused_fd:
 135         put_unused_fd(fd);
 136 err_iput:
 137         iput(inode);
 138 err_put_filp:
 139         put_filp(file);
 140         return error;
 141 }
 142
 143 /*
 144  * A single inode exist for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
 145  * anon_inode inodes has no per-instance data associated, so we can avoid
 146  * the allocation of multiple of them.
 147  */
 148 static struct inode *anon_inode_mkinode(void)
 149 {
 150         struct inode *inode = new_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
 151
 152         if (!inode)
 153                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 154
 155         inode->i_fop = &anon_inode_fops;
 156
 157         /*
 158          * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
 159          * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
 160          * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
 161          * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
 162          */
 163         inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
 164         inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 165         inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
 166         inode->i_gid = current->fsgid;
 167         inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 168         return inode;
 169 }
 170
 171 static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
 172 {
 173         int error;
 174
 175         error = register_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 176         if (error)
 177                 goto err_exit;
 178         anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 179         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt)) {
 180                 error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt);
 181                 goto err_unregister_filesystem;
 182         }
 183         anon_inode_inode = anon_inode_mkinode();
 184         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) {
 185                 error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode);
 186                 goto err_mntput;
 187         }
 188
 189         return 0;
 190
 191 err_mntput:
 192         mntput(anon_inode_mnt);
 193 err_unregister_filesystem:
 194         unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 195 err_exit:
 196         panic(KERN_ERR "anon_inode_init() failed (%d)\n", error);
 197 }
 198
 199 fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);
 200